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Print keeps shifting on sweatshirts and making ghosts....

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#1 ·
so I'm trying to print white ink on black 80/20 sweatshirts (NIGHTMARE.) and while I'm printing on the manual press I'm having severe issues having the design in the same place after I flash it once. something moves- the screen or the sweatshirt. but it can't be the screen because it was flawless on tshirts; and would it be the sweatshirt if it took 2 hands to peel the thing off the adhesive? why does the design shift?! if I print it creates a ghost!

thanks for any help. off contact is 1/8", ink has been reduced
 
#2 ·
Aloha,
I have had simmilar issues in the past. If the sweatshirt has 2 layers of material you are either have to use a vacume board or a clamp down style pallet. Or you can lift the screen very slowly and carefully and after you flash be sure the image lines back up before you ink again. It's possible to do but usually not with 100% results. You might also want to try a super opaque white ink so you can try and get away with one pass.
Hope this will help......Shawn